Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer
In Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer, Bella and Edward are madly in love, but she
also has a strong friendship with Jacob. She is loving her life at this point,
but than Victoria the vampire had to create an army of ''new born'' vampires to
battle Edward's family and kill Bella for revenge. While Edward's and Jacob's
families work together to successfully destroy Victoria and her army. In the
end Bella chooses Edward over Jacob and decides to marry Edward.I love the book but I was a little upset that Bella had to choose Edward over Jacob. But I'm glad I read it. It was very interesting and it had a lot of detail. But I can say I was more interested reading this book than I was interested about reading Twilight.
Reviewed by J.M., grade 12
Central Library
Comments
Eclipse is the most interesting of the books in the saga. It's where you get to learn understand Bella's love of Edward and Jacob. When she has to choose which one she wants to be with, you get a feel of what it is like to be in love with Edward and with Jacob. While reading, you can't help but get attached and think which one you would choose. The constant threat of Victoria adds a nice touch of fear to the book which helps remind you that whoever she chooses it might be her last time seeing them.
Reviewed by Nayri T., grade 10
Casa Verdugo Library
I liked this book because it had a lot of action and had emotions and power in themselves. Stephine Meyer did a really good job on writing this book. I really liked it and it made me want to continue reading the other books of Stephine Meyer.
Reviewed by: Edward T., grade 9
Glendale Central Library
I love this book because everyone's true emotions come out. Edward gets even more protective than he already is and Jacob tries even more to win Bella. I love how she gets kidnapped by Alice that was really funny, but the best part was when she escaped at school while Edward was out hunting. I couldn't wait to see Edwards reaction. the saddest thing though is how much emotional pain as well as physical pain everyone experiences, it made me so sad what happened at the end because everyone's sadness just made me really sad that 'certain people' get hurt really bad, I would definitely recommend this book.
Reviewed by Anna K., grade 9
Montrose Crescenta Branch
Eclipse is the third in the four part saga written by Stephanie Meyer. A love triangle and impending war leads to much conflict in the life of Bella Swan. But like the books that came before it, there are many issues to take with this book. Controlling males are dominant, as both Edward and Jacob seem to think they can tell Bella what to do and when to do it. Of course, it portrayed as protective and romantic, a show of how neither wish any harm to come to our heroine. Edward continues to charm with his over bearing personality, as Jacob continues with the nice guy act. At several points, actually, the latter of the two swindles Bella in for a kiss, one of which she had not consented to. This alone is enough to stop reading, as Meyer seems to think that a boy forcing a girl to kiss him so she recognizes her "feelings" is just fine. What's worse is that fellow Edward hater, Charlie Swan, actually tells him he did a good job. Overall, I would say that this has by far been the worse of the three books so far, and would tell anyone to spare themselves the trouble of reading it.
Reviewed by Anonymous, Grade 12
Glendale Central Library
To be quite honest, most parts of Eclipse felt like they were really unnecessary, as if the author added extra information just to make the book seem thicker. The plot seemed to drag out so much to the point that it lost my interest. I did not like this book at all compared to the other books in the series. Nevertheless, I will continue to read the series. I hope that Breaking Dawn will culminate to a great ending.
Reviewed by RO, Grade 10
Casa Verdugo Library